**The rugby world remains on hold but off-field news continues to rumble away in the background for several Guinness PRO14 clubs.** We start today’s Media Watch in Ireland, where South African Rugby World Cup winners RG Snyman and Damian de Allende have [now both landed in **Munster** after their signings were announced in January.](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/springbok-duo-has-landed-in-munster/) The decorated duo both featured in the Springboks’ successful World Cup squad in 2019, and will provide a significant boost for Johann van Graan’s side - when rugby returns - after [the recent retirement of fly-half Tyler Bleyendaall owing to medical advice.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52742555) Lock Snyman arrives from Honda Heat while centre de Allende has made the switch from fellow Japanese club Panasonic Wild Knights, with both players now adapting to their new surroundings in a locked-down Ireland. And with a combined 70 Springbok caps between them, Munster boss van Graan couldn’t hide his excitement upon announcing the arrival of the pair at the beginning of the year. “It’s testament to the worldwide standing of this club that two World Cup-winning Springboks will arrive here next summer,” he commented in January.
